Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-08-25
HOW TO BE WELL.
VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS FROM THE
PEN OF A LITERARY ATHLETE.

PEN OF A LITERARY ATHLETE.
| Julian Hawthorne's Opinions Concerning
the Care of the I:"dy-Treatment Of
| the Stonaci-Ke-ping the skin Clean.
Out Door Air-Breathins.
You can improve your physical health
and strength several hundred per cent
! without ever touching club or dumb
bell or pulling a weight. In fact. gymna-
Sums often do harm. for two reasons:
! first because Of the confined air: sec
ondly, because those who attend them do
| not know what sort of work is best suited
TO them and are apt to overdo the work
| they undertake, thereby distortilg them
| selves and sappinG their vitality. an ounce
Of which is worth ton of muscle in
| the long run. Too much muscle will
shorten your life but vitality is life itself
The stomach, the skin and the lungs are
the three essential things in a human be-
ing. SO long rs they are in perfect order.
the finest professional gymnast can have
little To teach you. To keep them in
good condition, no gymnasium or cymnas-
tic apparatus is required: still less any
l'ISsii pms vi 1tu tIll GO
il all yourself without altering your husi-
ness or domestic habits, or putting your
self to any inconvenience. Quite the CON
trary. But it is extraordinary. the in
genuity some people show. when the
choice is offered them between two things
or courses. one healthy. the other un-
healthy, but both equally available or
easy-the diaholi,a al Certainty, sav, with
which tInN fy thar (which l.,
healthy. Whatever the metaphysical
morals Of the bulk of man and woman
kind may he, their physical morality
often seems not far removed from total
depravity.
TIE NJ TtE SroMACU
Take the stomach first How many Of
our average citizens can lay their hands
upon the noble organ and swear that %
week Il might well say, day passes in
which they do net overload il with pie,
pickles and candy: And how many gallons
OF stronG-cNcn green-tea and hot coffee
per annum do they drench themselves
with: As to rlaStiCation. regularity Of
meals, respect for the digestive processes,
and so forth. I SAY nothing After We
have ceased TO stuff ourselves with trasa
that has no more nourishmeut in il than
bargain, We may beg.n to consider these
more elevated subjects. We hear Of cru
sades against alcohol; but have no SYM
pathy with Il pie and candy eating and tea
and coffee drinking man or woman, who
breaches temperance or abstinence: let
them first take the beam out Of their own
eye. \ small quantity Of alcohol admin
istered at the right time, may do good; pie
and candy and green tea never can. Alb
stain from such stun entirely; never drink
anything hotter than blood heat. lie.
your only condiments be salt and mus
tard, i'll moderation: eat butter spariuglv.
and cheese not at all: for breakfast and
supper have bread and milk, oatmeal and
eggs: for dinner. fresh meat and vece-
tables, between half pint of soup and a
couple Of spoonfuls of light pudding.
AS TO DRINK.
As TO drink, if you are thirsty. Won can
drink water; if the water is bad. take
mineral water, with an occasional glass Of
pure ale or claret Every five or ten min
utes stop and ask yourself whether Won
nave not had enough; and if you think you
can get along with what you have eaten. do
not take another mouthful Never try TO
tempt your appetite: On the contrary.
IL,
sary, make your meal on pure bread and
water; and If the answer is in the mega
tive, omit that meal and see how YOU feel
al the neNt-but never eat between meals !
III you ate only wholesome things. YOU
could live and thrive on half the present
bulk of your food. Starvation is the best
cure for dyspepsia; pick NE ups only keep /
II alive. After you have lived on reason |
Able food for n nlpnT, or fxy,
longer be troubled with squcamish appe- |
tite. If any way practicable. you ought /
TO have AT least half an hour in the open
air before sitting down to table: and at
any rate wash your face and arms and
chest in cool water. But must leave the
stomach here, with hundred things still
TO be said about it
CARE OF THE SKIN.
Now for the skin. Ninety-ni people
out OF 100 never think about their skin.
though the health of all their internal or
gans depends upon its condition. Ii is
n" use washing your face and hands and
leaving the rest Of your body untouched.
IL Is little better to stand in front of a
basin anu spatter yourself from head to
toot with water. You must cleanse every
part OF your skin thoroughly once n day.
hHi Oh discomfort IN bathing
cold water in a cold room, and all such
nonsense. Have the room warm and the
water only "A few degrees cooler. STAY in
The bath five minutes. keeping yourself
'ither under water or pouring wet all the
lime. But it is after you leave the tub
hat the really important part of the bath
eGins. Dry yourself thoroughly with
wo towels; then take a stiff flesh brush
md try with all your might to rub your
kin off. \ cocoanut fiber brush is the
'cst; and 10 get at your back. it is a good ,
'lan TO have "A cocoanut fiber mat hung
gainst the wall to rub yourself against,
Keep up this friction for ut least ten min
ties. You could not invest the same
mount Of time more usetully. There is | !
70 such remedy for a feverish habit A.
his, nothing like it TO relieve the internal
rgans from undue heat and congestion of
lood and TO free the lungs from oppres- v
ion Moreover, it actually increases the :
lie OF the muscles and makes them v
rmer, by causing the blood to circulate i
lore vigorously il them. As to its effect | i
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